Dale Carnegie > Quotes

“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain--and most do.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Success is getting what you want..
Happiness is wanting what you get.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ”
― Dale Carnegie

“If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be. ”
― Dale Carnegie

“It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”
― Dale Carnegie

“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.”
― Dale Carnegie

“One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.”
― Dale Carnegie

“When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“People rarely succeed unless they have
fun in what they are doing.”
― Dale Carnegie

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?”
― Dale Carnegie

“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Our thoughts make us what we are.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“No matter what happens, always be yourself.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today”
― Dale Carnegie

“If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.”
― Dale Carnegie

“One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”
― Dale Carnegie

“You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you're doing.”
― Dale Carnegie

“The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.”
― Dale Carnegie

“When fate hands you lemons, make lemonade.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“The expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's back.”
― Dale Carnegie

“...the best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today's work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”
― Dale Carnegie

“أكثر الأشياء التي تتسبب في تهاوي الأقوياء هي إضافة حمل الأمس إلى حمل الغد وحملهما معا”
― Dale Carnegie, كيف تتخلص من القلق وتبدأ حياتك

“إذا كنت تعاني من مشكلة تقلق , عليك تطبيق وصفة ويليس كارير : 1- اسأل نفسك : ما أسوء شي يمكن أن يحدث ؟ 2- قم بإعداد نفسك إذا لزم الأمر 3- ثم حاول بهدوء تحسين الصورة إلى الأفضل”
― Dale Carnegie

“Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to.�”
― Dale Carnegie

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work in the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Let's find and remedy all our weaknesses before our enemies get a chance to say a word. That is what Charles Darwin did. ...When Darwin completed the manuscript of his immortal book "The Origin Of Species" he realized that the publication of his revolutionary concept of creation would rock the intellectual and religious worlds. So he became his own critic and spent another 15 years checking his data, challenging his reasoning, and criticizing his conclusions.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“Everybody in the world is seeking happiness - and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”
― Dale Carnegie

“You can make more friends in two months by being interested in other people than in two years of trying to get people interested in you.”
― Dale Carnegie

“إننا غالباً ما نواجه كوارث الحياة وأحداثها في شجاعة نادرة وصبر جميل ، ثم ندع التوافه بعد ذلك تغلبنا على أمرنا .”
― Dale Carnegie

“there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .”
― Dale Carnegie